Suspended & power
A♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.
- Notes
- A♭D♭E♭G♭
- Formula
- 145♭7
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th · minor 7th
How to play A♭7sus4
About the A♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
Playing it
There’s no open-string way to play A♭7sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 4th fret (444644).
On piano, every note of A♭7sus4 is a black key.
On ukulele the usual A♭7sus4 shape is 1324, using four fingers.
